Richard Meier
Richard Meier, the 75-year-old starchitect known for his Modernist, glass-walled designs, didn’t mince words when speaking with the New York Times about Daniel Libeskind’s master plan for the rebuilding of the World Trade Center. Libeskind, a former student of Meier’s, competed against a team that included Meier, Steven Holl, Charlie Gwathmey and Peter Eisenman for the contract. “Look, I love Danny. But I’m not happy with the whole master plan,” Meier said. “The individual buildings, I think, may be O.K., but I just don’t think it’s as much of A Public Place as I would have liked to have seen.” Meanwhile, Meier said he believes sales have been picking up at the struggling condo he designed on Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza, On Prospect Park. [NYT]